Multidimensional measures of poverty and well-being based on latent variable models

Quantitative Approaches to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 118-134

  Krishnakumar, Jaya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 85009354606     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230582354     Document Type: Chapter

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